When this book first was released, I spent a long, long time staring at these (gorgeous) hardcovers in the shops and contemplating the necessi
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When this book first was released, I spent a long, long time staring at these (gorgeous) hardcovers in the shops and contemplating the necessity for their existence. Did I really need to read the screenplay for a movie I've already seen? Is there actually a point to that?
Then, Christmas rolled around and I was gifted the book from my sister. I could not read it whenever I wanted to, and I just thought to myself will there be a time I feel like reading a screenplay ?!?!
Apparently, yes. It's today. I was tired & sick ( and by that I mean, *cough cough* hungover as fuck *cough cough* and this seemed like a good idea
"My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.”
I am going to say straight up ... see the movie before reading this. There are very few visual cues within the screenplay, so having knowledge of the movie made it more enjoyable in terms of visualising things.
This is a book best used for review. I liked that I could read the exact movie text, with my knowledge of the events for the movie and the reveals toward the end to spot and deconstruct the things that happened before those reveals.
I'M HONESTLY JUST GONNA WRITE DOWN MY THOUGHTS OKAY
1: Graves/Grindlewald: I am genuinely thrilled with how Graves/Grindlewald is written. (I am ..... I am less thrilled about Johnny Depp being cast tho HE'S SO EW AND HE WILL RUIN IT ALL) Anyway .. composing myself. (btw this is like the main thing I read the book for so there's alot of notes on it okay Grindlewald just fascinates me as a character) I liked how Graves demeanour and how he manipulated people was explicitly shown. The way that he emotionally abused Credence and manipulated him, both through his words but also in his behaviour and treatment of Credence was not nice but also perfectly showed why Grindlewald is such a diabolical character. We know from Harry Potter that Grindlewald was charming, and that he toyed his the emotions of those around him for his own benefit. The way that he gave and then took away affection from Credence to control him, and the way he acted among his colleagues fully highlighted that aspect of his character. The way he treated Credence was disgusting and clearly abusive, but that did show the kind of character he was and why he was so incredible dangerous for many reasons, not just because he's an excellent wizard which was also shown. It is easy to see why many people were charmed and even infatuated with him (lookin @ u albus), I just wish perhaps he'd had more of that charm and fun thats described in Deathly Hallows. (Harry describes him as having a "Fred and George air of trickery about him". I didn't see that --- but I liked the other stuff I saw.
2: CREDENCE DESERVED BETTER !!!!!! Reading this has made me 565760493x more sympathetic to Credence, and the way he was being manipulated was much more obvious the second time round. It was awful how characters were mistreating him, and how heavily they were emotionally abusing him. The gay subtext between him and Graves was kind of uncomfortable, just because it made me queasy to read how controlling Graves was via their "relationship" and how he used affection to manipulate Credence. It was definitely a relationship in which all the power was held solely by Graves and that made it very uncomfortable to read (because it was obvious to me and not to Credence maybe?) and because it was obviously just unhealthy. Although it was a relief Credence is supposedly an adult in the screenplay because he looks like a teenager in the movie and that was even more uncomfortable
3: If J.K was going to use sexuality as a subplot she should have done it better. It's beyond ridiculous how much she's claimed she supports diverse narratives while excluding them from her own stories. Can she not just use the word Gay?. I know it's only the first book, but still it sucks.
4: Queenie and Tina are super cool female characters. Despite my several aggravations toward J.K her female characters are always totally badass and Queenie and Tina are no different. I love how Queenie so unashamedly used her leglimens, and I liked how Tina wasn't wimpy but was very no nonsense and down to business. I LOVED that she was a career woman despite the era.
5: NEWT !!! Newt newt newt what a cute lil bean. It's just gonna be obvious me and probably everyone likes him. I loved he was a hufflepuff, because it's an under appreciated house and also something new from the host of Gryffindors we had in Harry Potter. The way he treated his animals was adorable, and I can't get over him calling such beautiful and majestic creatures things like Dougal and Frank.
6: Side note but this book is beautiful inside and out
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Look, beside the fact Johnny Depp playing Grindlewald makes me unbearably uncomfortable I am so excited for the rest of this series. I AM JUST SO MAD WE COULDN'T HAVE COLLIN FARREL WHO PLAYED GRAVES/GRINDLEWALD SO PERFECTLY FOR THE ENTIRE MOVIE CONTINUE ON LIKE WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
anyway. I really think this is a good read after the movie if you wanna analyse some things in the movie again. I think it gives some good insights into Grindlewald and Credence and I can't believe that's one book down for 2017 already!...more
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